Afghan Army soldiers jump over a wall during a joint patrol with troops from the US Army's Alpha Company, 2-508 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team near the village of Jilga in the Arghandab District of Afghanistan.

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Antisa Khvichava, a reportedly 130-year-old Georgian woman, looks at her birthday cake at home in the remote mountain village of Sachino. Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Georgia claim Antisa Khvichava is turning 130, making her the oldest person on Earth.

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A man lies injured in the street after being assaulted by violent demonstrators during a protest in central Athens.

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Fiona Stoneley, her boyfriend Simon Wall, center, and her son Josh Stoneley, all visiting from Nantwich, England, take in the sun in Central Park.

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Children bathe in water flowing from a tube-well in a field in Tiwaripur village, India.

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Egyptian Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass shows to the media the false door of the unearthed 4,300 year old tomb that belongs to Khonsu, the son of Shendwas. Both served as heads of the royal scribes during the Old Kingdom. Egyptian archaeologists have unveiled their latest discovery, two 4,300-year-old tombs carved out of stone and unearthed in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo.

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Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg fly in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane after its first night flight attempt near Payerne airport, Switzerland, as the sun rise. An experimental solar-powered plane has landed safely after completing its first 24-hour test flight. The record feat brings it one step closer to the makers' ultimate aim of circling the globe using only energy from the sun.

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Ruling and opposition lawmakers brawl as discussions start on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China on the legislature floor in Taipei, Taiwan. Lawmakers were seen shoving and punching each other in Taiwan's legislature after the speaker rejected an opposition bid to conduct a detailed debate on a contentious trade pact with China.

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An office worker walks by on a rainy winter afternoon in central Sydney., Australia.

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Two roosters play with a soccer ball in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province.

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Boys jump into lake Weisser See on a hot summer day in Berlin. The recent high temperatures in Germany are set to continue over the weekend and into early next week.

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Onlookers and railway officials stand beside derailed carriages of a passenger train after an explosion in Kokrajhar, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. A powerful explosion on a railway track derailed a packed passenger train killing a five-year old boy and wounded seven others.

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A man using the name Uri Brodsky hides his face under a hood as he is escorted into a courtroom by armed police in Warsaw. A Polish court agreed to extradite the suspected Israeli spy to Germany in connection with the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai.

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A 'mozo,' or runner, is gored by a bull during the second bull run, of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Two people were injured during today's bull run.

Two women walk past artwork on a wall on the popular King street in the Newtown precinct near Sydney.

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Activists of the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wear body paint in the colors of the 2010 FIFA World Cup teams while demonstrating against the use of animal fur in clothing in Sandton, South Africa.